Streisand Concert
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Ah Imd, that's a bit harsh. I'd say there were a lot of people who extended themselves financially to get a ticket for this one. Although I'm not a fan, she's something of an icon for many others and this represented a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see a living legend.
For that kind of money, they were entitled to a decent level of service. The concert promotors should have done better and I hope they're taken to task.
But what was the problem?
Maybe I didn't hear the full story and I am of course open to correction, but from what I've heard, the problems were that the weather was terrible (nothing much you can do about that) which together with roadworks made for bad traffic (don't think roadworks get interrupted/paused for anyone?) and that some 'fans' took seats that were not allocated to them.
Unless there is anything else, it sounds like the rudeness & selfishness of the above mentioned 'fans' was the only thing responsible in causing disruption that could otherwise have been avoided.
I don't see that the MCD or whoever have anything to apologise for?
Maybe I didn't hear the full story and I am of course open to correction, but from what I've heard, the problems were that the weather was terrible (nothing much you can do about that) which together with roadworks made for bad traffic (don't think roadworks get interrupted/paused for anyone?) and that some 'fans' took seats that were not allocated to them.
Unless there is anything else, it sounds like the rudeness & selfishness of the above mentioned 'fans' was the only thing responsible in causing disruption that could otherwise have been avoided.
I don't see that the MCD or whoever have anything to apologise for?
Traffic chaos caused by Streisand Concert
Did anyone else have the extreme misfortune to get caught up in this on Saturday evening? A journey from near Heuston station (left at 7pm) to the turnoff for Celbridge (where we mercifully parted company from the angry hordes enroute to the concert) which would normally take 20 mins at that hour of the evening took over two hours.
Did anyone else have the extreme misfortune to get caught up in this on Saturday evening? A journey from near Heuston station (left at 7pm) to the turnoff for Celbridge (where we mercifully parted company from the angry hordes enroute to the concert) which would normally take 20 mins at that hour of the evening took over two hours.
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But if the fans took seats that were not allocated to them surely there should be somebody in charge to sort that out? Is that MCD? Or the security or someone? If i had paid to see her (heavens forbid) and someone had taken my rediculously over priced seat, I'd be holding someone to blame.
I'd be annoyed alright - but it happens at most gigs. It's not exactly a problem unique to this gig. It's probably difficult to police as well.
But what exactly was the 'shambles' that the 'disgruntled customers' referred to - I'm not even completely sure.
There's a report in today's Indo.
http://www.independent.ie/national-...ngs-through-scenes-of-disharmony-1038156.html
The traffic wasn't properly catered for or managed. People had to abandon their cars and walk the last few miles. If/When they got there, their seats may have been taken and the first half of the concert was disrupted by arguments over whose seats were whose.
A colleague who lives near the venue said there security was virtually absent and some of the people from his estate just roamed in without a ticket and occupied some seats near the front.
In seems the event was indeed a shambles and that much of the blame goes the way of the promoters.
http://www.independent.ie/national-...ngs-through-scenes-of-disharmony-1038156.html
The traffic wasn't properly catered for or managed. People had to abandon their cars and walk the last few miles. If/When they got there, their seats may have been taken and the first half of the concert was disrupted by arguments over whose seats were whose.
A colleague who lives near the venue said there security was virtually absent and some of the people from his estate just roamed in without a ticket and occupied some seats near the front.
In seems the event was indeed a shambles and that much of the blame goes the way of the promoters.
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Celbridge is notorious for it's traffic chaos at the best of times - if no provisions were made for the additional traffic, then surely the organisers are at fault.
I heard lots of people on the radio moaning about the traffic/journey times as if this was something that the concert organisers/promoters could control. Gridlock in Ireland on way to large event shock...
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Park and shuttle bus, maybe?? Why have the concert at an inaccesible site without proper warnings?
By the way, are we allowed to criticise those sensitive people at MCD, they can be quite litigious? Did they not threaten people with the law after one of their events last year (Oxygen?) did not go well.
By the way, are we allowed to criticise those sensitive people at MCD, they can be quite litigious? Did they not threaten people with the law after one of their events last year (Oxygen?) did not go well.
Or ask (pay?) the police to organise a traffic plan (like they do all over the country all year for other concerts and sporting events.
As I see it the only substantive issues are the accusations that tickets were sold for seats that did not exist and that staff told punters to set in seats that were not allocated to them.
I had the misfortune to be working in celbridge on saturday night, was bumper to bumper from the m50 to celbridge turnoff. Same again from the celbridge garden centre on the way in to the village.
2 gardai in the village trying to cope, didnt too bad a job as at least the traffic moved.
They could have ran park&ride from the weston airport like they did for the ryder cup.
Yes, it rained for a bit, but I heard when she came on stage the first 4 rows of the audience were covered.
2 gardai in the village trying to cope, didnt too bad a job as at least the traffic moved.
They could have ran park&ride from the weston airport like they did for the ryder cup.
Yes, it rained for a bit, but I heard when she came on stage the first 4 rows of the audience were covered.
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He he! Quality Car!
Apparently the car parks that were in place were poorly lit. People who parked their cars in daylight took hours to find them in the dark on their return. This is the promoters' fault and no-one else's.
Or was this a cunning scheme to control the flow of cars back onto the roads? Hmmm..........
Or was this a cunning scheme to control the flow of cars back onto the roads? Hmmm..........
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